Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Mephitis E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and G. [Baron] Cuvier, 1795 . Mag. Encyclop., 2:187 . TYPE SPECIES: Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776 . SYNONYMS: Chincha Lesson, 1842 ; Leucomitra Howell, 1901 .